African tennis

Name: African tennis
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1/4 sugar; 1 egg; Pinch salt; 1 teaspoon yeast; Pinch nutmeg powder; 2-3 tablespoon warm water; Vegetable oil for frying

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A Cookpad Author asked about a particular Togolese snack (African tennis) on cookpad WhatsApp group. She mentioned it is so delicious and looks like Nigerian buns and that its sold around her residence in Lagos by Togolese women but they won’t tell how its made when she asked.
This got me interested as I have a Togolese employee who seems to know everything 😀. So i asked John immediately about this their Togolese snack and he wasted no time in contacting Togo and getting me the recipe. With all thanks to John and the people of Togo, i find this snack really interesting!

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Ingredients

3 servings

1 cupflour
1/4sugar
1egg
Pinchsalt
1 teaspoonyeast
Pinchnutmeg powder
2-3 tablespoonwarm water
Vegetable oil for frying

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Steps

1

Mix flour, sugar, salt, sugar, yeast together in a deep bowl
2

Break in the egg
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Mix together properly and add the little warm water to form a hard stretchy mold
4

So this is what i think makes this snack special and slightly different from the Nigerian buns. You have to cut in small molds and then sun dry for the dough to rise and also harden a bit. But i made use of a food dehydrator to dry mine instead of the sun since its same effect.
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After a while you will notice the outer skin of the dough is slight hard but the inside feels like balloon and the dough most have risen
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Gently lift the sun dried dough without puncturing the balloon shape and place in hot vegetable oil on low heat and fry until golden brown
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Then remove and place on a sieve to drain properly.